Title: Faculty, Staff Recognized for Academic Year Excellence 

University-Wide Awards

Bridge Builder Award, Outstanding Campus Partner (Awarded by the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service (CSJ): 

• Angel Garcia, assistant director at the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access and program manager of pre-college programs
• Bill Huff, director of residential services
• Administrators for Racial Justice Team

James Slevin Engaged Scholarship Award (Awarded by CSJ): Yuki Kato, assistant professor of sociology and food justice fellow at the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service

Dorothy Brown Award (Awarded by the Georgetown University Student Association): Sara Collina, adjunct faculty in women’s and gender studies

Georgetown College

Edward B. Bunn Award for Faculty Excellence: Mun Chun Chan, assistant teaching professor of biology

Georgetown Qatar

Senior Staff Appreciation Award: Rana Saad, academic affairs specialist

Faculty Member of the Year: Rory Miller, professor of government

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Gerald M. Mara Faculty Mentoring Award: Lourdes Ortega, professor of linguistics and faculty director of Georgetown’s Initiative for Multilingual Studies

Distinguished Staff Award: Michael Nelson, adjunct professor of communications, culture and technology

McCourt School of Public Policy

Leslie Whittington Faculty Member of the Year Award: Adam Thomas, teaching professor of public policy

Community Contribution Award: Jaclyn Clevenger, associate director of student affairs

McDonough School of Business

Faculty Research Award: Jason Brennan, Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor

Shiliang Cui, assistant professor of operations and information management

Joseph F. Le Moine Award for Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Excellence: Allison Koester, Saleh Romeih Associate Professor

Faculty Award for Extraordinary Service: David Walker, John A. Largay Professor of Finance

Academic Council Professor of the Year Student Choice Award: Ronald Goodstein, associate professor of marketing

Peter W. Gonzalez Jr. Award for Excellence in Adjunct Faculty Teaching: Andres Vinelli, adjunct professor of finance

School of Continuing Studies

Dean’s Service Award:

• Oliver Bland, director of facilities operations
• Stephanie Gallop, teaching professor in the English Language Center
• Imam Yahya Hendi, chaplain and director of Muslim Life
• Michele Mackie, associate dean of academic affairs and compliance
• Heather Malneritch, chief financial officer
• Caroline Titus, manager of special projects
• Kelly Troxell, executive director of operations

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Outstanding Faculty Award: Christian Golden, adjunct faculty of philosophy

Graduate Liberal Studies Outstanding Faculty Award: James Giordano, professor of neurology and biochemistry and chief of neuroethics studies

MPS in Journalism Outstanding Faculty Award: Delece Smith-Barrow, adjunct faculty

MPS in Public Relations & Corporate Communications Outstanding Faculty Award: Wendy Feliz, adjunct faculty

MPS in Sports Industry Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Nina Bishop, adjunct faculty

MPS in Real Estate Outstanding Faculty Award: Kim Connelly, adjunct faculty

MPS in Human Resources Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Ed Hasan, adjunct faculty

MPS in Technology Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Mikah Sellers, adjunct faculty

MPS in Systems Engineering Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Elaine Ward, adjunct faculty

MPS in Urban & Regional Planning Outstanding Faculty Award: Christopher Pyke, adjunct faculty

MPS in Global Hospitality Leadership Outstanding Faculty Award: Gregg Rockett, adjunct faculty

MPS in Integrated Marketing Communications Outstanding Faculty Award: Franklin Parrish, adjunct faculty

MPS in Project Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Susan Kudla Finn, adjunct faculty

MPS in Applied Intelligence Outstanding Faculty Award: John Kavanagh, adjunct faculty

MPS in Emergency and Disaster Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Monique Wheeler, adjunct faculty

MPS in Higher Education Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Kimberly Underwood, adjunct faculty

MPS in Cybersecurity Risk Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Kathleen Moriarty, adjunct faculty

MPS in Design Management and Communications Outstanding Faculty Award: Linda Berkeley, adjunct faculty

EMPS in Emergency and Disaster Management Outstanding Faculty Award: Monica Sanders, adjunct faculty

School of Foreign Service

Faculty of the Year Award: Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault, associate teaching professor of foreign service

Constantine E. McGuire Medal: Emily Zenick, chief of staff and senior administrative officer

Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching: Ken Opalo, assistant professor of foreign service

Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring: Carla Koppell, distinguished fellow in the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and adjunct assistant professor of foreign service

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Academic Administration: William Layman, executive director of SFS Centennial

School of Medicine

For Lifetime Contribution to GUMC: Dr. Richard Schlegel, professor and chair of pathology and director of the Center for Cell Reprogramming

GUMC Leadership in Research Award: Mark Burns, associate professor of neuroscience

GUMC Research Recognition Award: Amrita Cheema, professor of oncology and biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology

Outstanding Achievement in Service Award: Carolyn Hurley, professor of oncology and microbiology and immunology, research director of the CW Bill Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program

Leonard Tow Humanism Award in Medicine: Dr. Erin Farrish, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics

Magis Society of Masters Teachers:

• Dr. Virginia Steen, professor of psychiatry
• Adam Myers, professor of medicine, associate dean of the Medical Center and associate dean of graduate education

CIRCLE Grants:

• Dr. Emily Winslow and Dr. Juan Guerra, “Applied 3D Clinical Anatomy — Integration of Preclinical Anatomy, Clinical Radiology and Surgical Anatomic Exposure” 
• Alexander Walker, Dustyn Wright and David Taylor, “Building a Pre-Matriculation Workshop for Incoming Medical Students to Support Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Success in Learning”
• Dr. Ernest Fischer, Dr. Shimae Fitzgibbons, Dr. Jose Victor Nable, Dr. John Yosaitis, Matt Carroll, Allison Doyle, Jim Han and Anne Yeung “Expanding Peer-to-Peer & Self-Directed Experiential Learning in Medical Student Clinical Skills Education through Student-Run Organization Hoya Skills in Medicine & Surgery (SIMS)”
• Dr. Erin Farrish and Dr. Venkatesh Raman, “The Impact of Bedside Technology on the Cardiac Auscultation Proficiency of Third Year Medical Students: A Comparison of Acoustic Stethoscope Versus Digital Stethoscope with Phonocardiogram Display”
• Jessica Jones, “A Mixed Methods Exploration of Factors that Influence Student Participation in and Perception of the Weekly Formative Review Quizzes”

Faculty Affiliate Award: Dr. Miguel Fernandez, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Jeanne V. Walther Award: Dr. Princy Kumar, senior associate dean of students and professor of medicine

Faculty Lambda Award: Susan Cheng, senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion,

Physiology Teacher of the Year Award: Jennifer Whitney, associate professor of pharmacology and physiology

Golden Apple Awards:

• Shiloh Jones, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology
  Dr. Shimae Fitzgibbons, associate professor of surgery
• Dr. J. V. Nable, assistant professor of emergency medicine

Doctoring Award: Dr. Erin Farrish, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics

John C. Rose Award: Dr. Stephen Mitchell, dean of medical education

Geza M. Illes Award: Shiloh Jones, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology

Excellence in Teaching at HOYA Clinic Award: Dr. Stephen Mitchell, dean of medical education

School of Nursing & Health Studies

GUMC Faculty Excellence in Education 

• Sarah Vittone, associate professor of nursing and clinical ethics consultant for the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Biothics
• Melody Wilkinson, assistant professor and program director for the Family Nurse Practitioner Program
• Edilma Yearwood, associate professor and chair of professional nursing practice

Outstanding Clinical Faculty Advisor Award: Gina Fullbright, adjunct professor of women’s health and nurse practitioner

Innovation in Education Award: Melicia Escobar, clinical faculty director of Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program

Georgetown Women in Medicine Mentorship Award for Women in Health Studies: Krista White, associate professor of nursing